CFTC data shows speculators pulling back across treasuries, equities, and currencies
Recent CFTC data indicates that speculators are reducing their positions across treasuries, equities, and currencies. This trend reflects a market-wide pause in conviction, with traders trimming both long and short positions. The latest report shows a slight improvement in the bearish sentiment among S&P 500 speculators.
- ▪Speculators are exercising restraint by reducing exposure across US Treasury futures, S&P 500 index futures, and major currency pairs.
- ▪The S&P 500 speculative net position improved slightly from -143.8K to -140.6K contracts.
- ▪Similar reductions were observed in Treasury futures and currency markets, indicating a simultaneous pullback on both long and short holdings.
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CFTC data shows speculators pulling back across treasuries, equities, and currencies The latest Commitments of Traders report reveals non-commercial traders trimming both long and short positions, signaling a market-wide pause in conviction. Share Add us on Google by Editorial Team May. 22, 2026 window.sevioads = window.sevioads || []; var sevioads_preferences = []; sevioads_preferences[0] = {}; sevioads_preferences[0].zone = "01f21ccf-2092-46b1-9ac7-8c44cc782e0f"; sevioads_preferences[0].adType = "native"; sevioads_preferences[0].inventoryId = "c5700508-581b-472c-8fdd-a931cdbfc8e1"; sevioads_preferences[0].accountId = "1e47efc1-ec2d-4fca-a8b9-354e249e5095"; sevioads.push(sevioads_preferences); Speculators are doing something they rarely get credit for: exercising restraint.
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